7:26 AM ET Kevin Roberts, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has conceded that club cricket is in “gradual decline” and admitted that there is widespread disaffection in the game’s grassroots following numerous signs of anger manifest in reports in the nation’s two major newspaper groups. In May, News Corp published a story revealing an old

Follow England Women at ecb.co.uk/england/women England have to continue their chase tomorrow to catch Australia and stay in the competition. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting you

12:27 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard have been recalled to the West Indies T20I squad for the opening two matches against India, with uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Anthony Bramble also earning a call-up. Allrounder Andre Russell has been included subject to passing a fitness test following the knee injury which forced him out

11:35 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Lasith Malinga is set to retire from ODIs after the first game of the upcoming three-match series against Bangladesh. This will give Sri Lanka a chance to identify their next line of wicket-taking bowlers, which will be their “biggest problem” going forward, according to captain Dimuth Karunaratne. “Our biggest problem

2:14 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The conclusion of the Women’s Ashes Test in Taunton has raised the question whether the format should be played across five days, after a combination of rain and stodgy scoring rates stymied the contest. Australia batted out the final day of the one-off match, securing the draw they needed to

12:25 PM ET Liam Brickhill The Zimbabwe women’s team have become the first to feel the full brunt of the ICC’s suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket. Four players – and a coach – selected for the Women’s Global Development Squad have been barred from travelling to England to take part in a series of T20 games

2:23 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Liam Plunkett knows all about the ups and down of life as an international cricketer. Having just become a World Cup winner at the age of 34, Plunkett is hopeful that he still has something to give with England, but he admitted that being left out of a squad to

1:26 PM ET Jhye Richardson, Australia’s impactful young quick, could be back in contention for the latter stages of the Ashes after he makes his return to cricket from a dislocated shoulder. His route back to match fitness will come via the same path that David Warner and Cameron Bancroft took following their bans last

6:20 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe allrounder Solomon Mire has announced his decision “to retire from Zimbabwe Cricket in all formats with immediate effect”. “It is unfortunate and untimely however to leave under the current circumstances that are out of my control but i have decided to take a step in a new direction,” Mire

9:39 AM ET The Pakistan Cricket Board has invited Sri Lanka to play the upcoming two-match Test series in Pakistan. Pakistan are due to host Sri Lanka for two Tests later this year, and by default, the matches were scheduled in the UAE, where Pakistan have played almost all “home” Test matches since the terror

3:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jos Buttler is a World Cup winner now but just days before the final against New Zealand at Lord’s, the fear of failure was haunting him. Thoughts of how he would ever play cricket again if England were to lose were creeping into his system. Confounded by those demons, Buttler

12:36 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The method of Afghanistan A’s dominance of their hosts Bangladesh has surprised selector Habibul Bashar, who said that their brand of cricket has been more patient. Currently, Afghanistan lead the five-match one-day series 2-0 after their four-wicket win in Chattogram on Sunday, having already won the two-match four-day series 1-0.

11:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine believes that the Newlands scandal and its aftermath served to end what had been a rapidly escalating arms race among international teams in finding methods for ever more rapid and frequent reverse swing – a race that resulted in heavy penalties for Steven Smith, David

10:58 AM ET Vishal Dikshit in Mumbai The 3D sequels aren’t over yet. Among the clarifications India’s chief selector MSK Prasad made on Sunday were a couple related to World Cup selections. Prasad stressed the decision to leave out Ambati Rayudu did not have any bias. He also explained why Rishabh Pant and Mayank Agarwal

3:00 AM ET Australia Women 420 for 9 dec (Mooney 51) and 230 for 7 (Perry 76*) drew with England Women 275 for 9 dec (Sciver 88, Jones 64, Molineux 4-95) As Australia drew their Test with England to retain the Ashes, it was only fitting that Ellyse Perry should still be at the crease

4:00 PM ET Australia are coached by a former batsman in Justin Langer who had to have a doorway physically blocked by his captain Ricky Ponting in order to prevent him re-entering the field after a serious blow to the head. In a famous episode, Langer was barred from coming out to bat at the

5:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Amid intense speculation over his future, MS Dhoni is not travelling with the India squad to the West Indies. Chief selector MSK Prasad said the wicketkeeper-batsman is “unavailable” for the tour. Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya have been rested from the white-ball leg of the tour, and the latter isn’t

5:27 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Umpire Kumar Dharmasena has said that the decision to award England six runs instead of five following the overthrow in the last over of the World Cup final was a collective one, and was made in consultation with square leg umpire Marais Erasmus, a conversation that was audible to all

1:05 PM ET Danyal Rasool Former Zimbabwe batsman Grant Flower believes Zimbabwe Cricket’s perpetually crisis-ridden state might have contributed to the ICC’s decision to suspend them. The drastic decision, which immediately froze all payment to Zimbabwe Cricket and barred the nation from participating in ICC events, took many by surprise, particularly since this was the

Jul 19, 2019 England Women 199 for 6 (Jones 64, Sciver 62*) trail Australia Women 420 for 9 dec (Mooney 51) by 221 runs Maiden Test fifties from Amy Jones and Nat Sciver staved off the threat of England being run through on the third afternoon in Taunton, but the prospect of Australia retaining the

5:52 PM ET Alex Carey‘s scar is healing well. Signs of the blow to the chin by Jofra Archer’s short ball in Australia’s World Cup semi-final defeat are still there, but will not be anywhere near as indelible as the mark Carey made on the tournament with a series of innings that had him earning

10:37 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe will not be able to stage their domestic competitions in the coming season, or fulfil their Future Tours Programme (FTP) itinerary and other international obligations, including the tour to Bangladesh for a T20I tri-series that was to include Afghanistan in September, according to a statement released by Zimbabwe Cricket

3:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Brendon McCullum knows what it is to lose a World Cup final. In 2015, under McCullum’s captaincy, New Zealand enjoyed a bumper run to the final, only to lose to Australia by seven wickets at the MCG. Four years later, New Zealand reached another World Cup final, this time at

5:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Almost a week after the epic 2019 World Cup final between England and New Zealand at Lord’s, the winning captain Eoin Morgan still cannot pinpoint where the game was won and lost. With both the match and Super Over ending in ties, England were declared winners on the basis of

11:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former Australia captain-turned-commentator Ian Chappell has revealed he has been undergoing intense radiotherapy after being diagnosed with skin cancer. The 75-year-old Chappell, who played 75 Tests for Australia from 1964 to 1980, said he had completed five weeks of treatment, having cancers removed from his shoulder, neck and underarm. The

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies A 298 for 9 (Chase 84, Thomas 70, Khaleel 4-67, Avesh 3-62) beat India A (Axar 81*, Washington 45, Powell 2-47) by five runs After losing the first three games and conceding the series to India A, West Indies A pulled one back, overcoming a late assault from

12:32 PM ET Nothing underlines how much England’s World Cup focus has grown to dominate the national team’s thinking quite like the emergence of Jason Roy as the selectors’ choice to open the Test match batting order a matter of weeks before the start of the Ashes. Look for a rationale to choose Roy based